I have some standards for what I like and dislike, what I would and wouldn't do. But they are nowhere near the foundation most people have. Just as an example, I think I've had about seven different religious/philosophical beliefs. They all felt right at the time and I was sure I was never going to change. My taste in music has changed dramatically over the years. My interests have changed with some that almost always been there. Even my morals have changed, and changed a lot. The time between changes where I have been stripped down to the bare essential me, have been incredibly painfully numb and empty.

I even remember being nine years old. I thought that as an eight year old, I had been the same "me" I was now, but as a six and seven year old, I had been something else that I actually hated. So this has been there from at least eight years of age.

Also, I include things in my identity that people normally don't. So while I don't include most things, I include the "wrong" things. One of those things is age. I feel sick when I think about my physical age. Age cannot be part of someone's identity more than for when you actually are that age, most people wouldn't say age is an identity thing at all. I don't care what age other people are, I mix with all ages. But for me, I know I'm "not" my physical age. How silly. Like someone can actually escape aging....